HSK 6 · Money

财富 cáifù “wealth” in Chinese

Traditional 財富

What 财富 means

  1. wealth
  2. riches

How to say 财富

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale财cái2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale富fù4th tone, falling

财富 in a sentence

  1. 健康比财富重要。

    Jiànkāng bǐ cáifù zhòngyào.

    Health is more important than wealth.

    Sentence #346072 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我不关心财富和名声。

    Wǒ bù guānxīn cáifù hé míngshēng.

    I don’t care about wealth or fame.

    Sentence #1790037 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 财富并不总是为我们带来快乐。

    Cáifù bìng bù zǒngshì wèi wǒmen dàilái kuàilè.

    Wealth doesn’t always bring us happiness.

    Sentence #798220 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 财富 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 财 (cái) with each of its parts in a different colour
财cáimoney
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part
  • 才ability · cáiSound part

贝 hints at the meaning (sea shell); 才 (cái) hints at the sound. Compare it with cái.

The character 富 (fù) with each of its parts in a different colour
富fùrich
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 畐to fillSound part

宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 畐 () hints at the sound. Compare it with fù.

How to write 财富

财 7 strokes · 富 12 strokes

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财富 (cáifù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 财富 (cáifù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 财富

Words with 财

财产cáichǎn · property财务cáiwù · financial affairs财政cáizhèng · public finance发财fācái · to get rich

Words with 富

富fù · rich丰富fēngfù · to enrich富裕fùyù · well-off

More words: Money & Economy

本钱běnqián · capital博览会bólǎnhuì · exhibition补偿bǔcháng · to compensate补贴bǔtiē · subsidy采购cǎigòu · to purchase (for an organisation)彩票cǎipiào · lottery ticket财务cáiwù · financial affairs财政cáizhèng · public finance

FAQs

财富 (cáifù) means “wealth” or “riches”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cáifù: cái with a 2nd tone, then fù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 财富 is written 財富. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type caifu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 财富 from the suggestions. Typing caifu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
财富 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.